Which to use
“delving” is a verb and “Denning” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,881
- “delving” frequency rank
- #42,086
- “Denning” frequency rank
- 79967
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | delving | Denning |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | present participle and gerund of delve | A surname. |
Letter map: delving vs Denning
Shared letters muted; letters that set delving and Denning apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. delving and Denning follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for delving / Denning
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: delving is averb and Denninganame. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79967, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
delving is recorded at frequency rank #37,881, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈdɛlvɪŋ/. Denning is at rank #42,086, tagged as aname.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 79967, this pair ranks #20,882 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of delving vs Denning
Shared letters: degin. Private to "delving": lv. Private to "Denning": -.
"delving" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "Denning" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "delving" vs "Denning" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "delving" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Denning" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,882 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "delving" and "Denning" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deeming vs Denning". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #20,882 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.